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--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Soricinae
--> TRIBE Nectogalini
--> GENUS Chimarrogale
SPECIES Chimarrogale himalayica
| Author: | Gray, 1842. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 10: 261. | | Common Name: | Himalayan Water Shrew | | Type Locality: | "India", Punjab, Chamba. | | Distribution: | Kashmir through SE Asia to Indochina; C and S China; Taiwan. | | Comments: | Corbet (1978c) included leander, platycephala, varennei, and probably hantu in himalayica. Gureev (1979) listed leander, hantu, platycephala, and varennei as distinct species without comment; both views are only partially accepted here. Species reviewed by Jones and Mumford (1971) and Hoffmann (1987). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
himalayicus (Gray, 1842)
leander Thomas, 1902
varennei Thomas, 1927
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